Relationship between care time and the needs of family caregivers of elderly people in palliative care
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2022 |
| Descripción: | Objective: to verify the relationship between the time spent in providing care and the main needs of the family caregiver of hospitalized elderly people in palliative care. Method: this was a descriptive, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. It was carried out with 205 family caregivers of elderly people undergoing palliative care in a large hospital in a Northeast of Brazil capital. The data collection took place between August and October 2019 using a validated questionnaire that included sociodemographic data, care time, and 21 questions related to basic human needs. A chi-square test was used to verify the relationship between the aspects of each dimension (physical, emotional, social and spiritual) and the length of care; a p-value of ≤ 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results: family caregivers had high percentages of needs related to emotional control, conflict resolution with themselves, difficulty leaving home, making plans and being able to carry them out, and suppressing their economic and financial demands related with the longer time spent in monitoring their beloved one. Conclusion: the results of this study provide a profile of the main needs for family caregiver. This makes evident that caregivers need support from the health team in order to develop strategies for their emotional control, minimize their conflicts with themselves, review their personal demands, and maintain a routine of leisure activities while also feeling good to perform future plans. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Lenguaje: | Portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/47973 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/enfermeria/article/view/47973 |
| Palabra clave: | Health-Services-Needs-and-Demand; Caregivers; Aged; Palliative-Care; Hospitalization Necesidades-y-Demandas-de-Servicios-de-Salud; Cuidador-Familiar; Adulto-mayor; Cuidados-paliativos; Hospitalización Necessidades-e-Demandas-de-Serviços-de-Saúde Cuidadores Idoso Cuidados-paliativos Hospitalização |